Another piece to the puzzle.... I just tried to boot up the computer and try some things and got the message that windows boot failed because a certain file is corrupt or missing. On closer inspection the OS drive isn't even in that computer. !!!!!!!! how the hell is it trying to load windows off this drive when that drive isn't even installed!! I haven't found the drive yet - probably put it down in a safe spot that I can't find right yet but I hope when I do find it sitting on some desk that it isn't spooled up! This is weird!